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Post Subject: About Timbre and Audio #2Posted by Romy the Cat on: 5/5/2011
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Continuing my observation about the Timbres and Audio.
From what I said above it is very important to understand that Timbres in Audio are not the photographic density of the colors themselves but rather an ability of a photograph to differentiate the subtle and delicate tonal nuances of the main colors. A note is characterized but pitch and amplitude and if the pitch and amplitude of the notes are the same then it is job of Timbres to make the note to sound different. The larger amplitude of differences is the higher Timberal capacity of playback, or what I called above the Timberal Dynamic Range.
My stressing of Timberal Dynamic Range is not accidental as Timberal sensitivity is not static characteristic. At my site I use before a category of “Absolute Tone”. The Absolute Tone is static properly. The Timberal Dynamic Range is max number of Timberal Varieties that a given playback is able to discriminate.
Now, what kind in audio extended Timberal Dynamic Range? This is very complicated question. If you will run analyses of harmonic distortion then it will lead you to nowhere. Let look the circumstantial evidences of Timberal capacity and analyze what kind equipment gives an extended Audio Timberal Dynamic Range? Below is my estimation how different audio elements effect the Timberal capacity.
Phono cartridges = 30%
Phono stages = 10%
Preamps = 3%
DACs = 10%
ADCs = 15%
Cables = 10%
Power SS amplifiers = 15%
Power Tube amplifiers = 20%
Acoustic system = 50%
Room = 20%
DSP = 80%
This is of cause an abstract list but it in my view set very accurate relative relation between contributors of Timberal quality. It is very interesting the in digital domain the digital conversion itself, even it distract some Timbes but only to degree. The post- conversion DSP processing kills Timbres terminally and any after-conversion DSP modification of a file leaves it terminally Timbres -dead.
If to analyze my list then one can make very interesting observation. The most Timbres effective devises in audio are those the have an ability to inflict own resonances. So, in a way we might talk about the secondary injection, the supplement of Timbres of playback over the Timbres of recording.
I know that many of audio people are under a bogus impression that recordings we play is the same Sound as we had live and the duty of audio is to make reproduced sound identical to live sound. The whole idiotic industry is shaped to convince the fools that live and reproduced sound are the same and to convince the subordinate idiots that there is no difference. If it was the same then the photograph of your child would have the same needs as your child and you would need to prepare pampers and pediatricians to serve the need of your child photograph.
The people who read my site know that I do not consider Sound of playback to be hereditary to live Sound. Of cause the live sound is a blueprint of playback sound but playback sound is own awareness. The fact that this own awareness has own secondary Timbres sources is only reinforce my position.
So, what in playback serves the secondary Timbres injection? I think it micro-resonances of passive elements. I can name many-many different vibrating and resonating elements in playback that add all different chromatic infliction into sound. Balancing them into a neutral Timbral pattern is job no different then use 11 yellow, 11 magenta and 11 cyan filters to balance the tone of image to neutral. However, photograph is static, you have balance it out and it stays there. Sound of playback is very vibrant and sometimes some Timbral elements of layback let other elements to shine.
Do not be under impression that I have a full control over the process, I do not and I think that no one does. Still, answers come only if you look into the direction of answers. I think the creation of extended Timberal bandwidth in playback, balanced it out and them let signal to distort that balance is very perspective direction to go. This is my direction your view might be different but I do know certainly that the wider Timberal Dynamic Range exist in your playback the more capacity your playback has to swing listening awareness at the Level One:
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To be continued....
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